Microsoft announced they will be rolling out three new models of the Zune this holiday season: Zune 80GB, Zune 8GB, and Zune 4GB.

The larger 80GB model includes an internal hard-drive, wireless support for syncing with your PC and other’s Zunes, and will only be available in black. (But they were so committed to the brown!)

The more petite 8GM and 4GB models feature everything the 80GB model sports, but are available in baby powder pink, deep red, pea soup green, and, of course, black.

More in-depth information of the actual announcement can be found here.

If I may be so bold: I understand why Microsoft is releasing 3 versions of the Zune. If it worked for Apple, it should work for Microsoft. But is it too little too late? Why is Microsoft playing copycat trying to catch up instead of trying something new?